On May 24, 2013, The Jackson Vice and Narcotics K-9 Interdiction Unit along with the DEA/HIDTA Drug Task Force seized over 233 bundles of Marijuana at 2520 S. Gallatin Street, Pilot Truck Stop.
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Kendrick Applewhite, 38, of Stafford (wearing dark jacket), and Steven Davidson, 26, of Houston (wearing white T-shirt) each faces a felony charge of possession of marijuana over a kilogram with intent to distribute, according to the Jackson Police Department.. less

Kendrick Applewhite, 38, of Stafford (wearing dark jacket), and Steven Davidson, 26, of Houston (wearing white T-shirt) each faces a felony charge of possession of marijuana over a kilogram with intent to ... more

Police, DEA arrest 2 Houston men with $300K in pot

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Two Houston-area men have been charged in connection with a drug bust in Mississippi last weekend, police said.

The pair was arrested March 24 after Jackson police and DEA agents conducted a drug bust at Pilot Truck Stop in Jackson off U.S. 20. Police seized more than 233 bundles of marijuana. The bundles were tightly wrapped with plastic along with some type of oily chemical substance.

At $1,200 to $1,500 a pound, the 256-pound load has an estimated street value of $315,000, investigators said.